26/12/2011

"Had Enough" is a cross-genre club track features the amazing vocal talent of Richard Sonsom, a killer piano hook, unforgettable main synth and one of the naughtiest bass-lines.. The Had Enough EP includes among other remixes from Matt Fear and Luke Pompey

24/12/2011

Nicholas drops the tempo, adds a jacking drum pattern and turns up the volume on the keyboard to create something that manages to feel even more housey than the original. Not bad, considering "How Do You Love a Black Woman?" is a stone cold classic.

23/12/2011

SpaceWalker Recordings is back! First release after the summer break comes from none other than disco legend Pete Herbert collaborating with Golden Fleece. Ivory Waves is a '90s influenced, uplifting dancefloor track with catchy melodies and piano chords. With The Bells Of Hackney there is also a real oldschool disco bomb on the release. When you are listening to it's groovy beats you are in for a treat and it will feel like a time travel to the golden era of disco music. On remix duties we have Lithuania's finest dj and producer duo, Downtown Party Network and Slovenia's disco master, Sare Havlicek.

22/12/2011

Soul Clap return with the fourth instalment of their ongoing edits series with this must have 12" which delivers some typically unique transformations. The A-Side sees "Isley Experiment" opening with some serious bass and huge drums wrongfooting you before dropping some smooth piano riffs and sultry vocals. "Shake Those Fries" meanwhile employs some serious analogue weirdness in conjunction with major vocal mangling and a body shaking, descending bassline. On the flip side, "Twist" opens with a sinister bass riff, whilst samples trickle into some off-kilter licks straight out of David Lynch movie, before then erupting into all out guitar solo action, while "Ghost" takes reversed samples and intergalactic bleeps and fuses them with swamp guitar to create an ethereal and disturbing edit that is quite unique. We probably don't have to tell you this, but these are going to be massive. Release 26 December, 2011 only on 12"

Following up the Kitano release, Undertones are proud to keep the good music coming from Melbourne, Australia. For this outing, they feature a very special project by The Tortoise (3rd Strike, Dirt Crew) featuring remixes by the one and only Genius of Time (Clone Records)

18/12/2011

When it comes to making love PillowTalk can definitely teach you a thing or two based on their latest sleazy release on Wolf + Lamb. The Far From Heaven EP is pretty much sex music.
Far From Heaven is a four track EP which, on two tracks, goes deeper into song based r&b than have the trio before, but which also gets a little more energised and dancefloor aligned for the other two. An accomplished and underlying musicality, though, is never far away..

Tracklist:

1. Heavens Gate
2. Weekend Girl
3. Far From Home
4. Street Walker

"Heavens Gate" is a delicate disco lullaby where claps, gentle chords and one finger notes all drift around each other as a breathy vocal hangs in the air. It’s rinsed with an 80s innocence and comes across with a heartfelt but tongue-in-cheek cool.

"Weekend Girl" is a steamy R&B charmer which snakes its way under your skin with wet, echoing claps, tinkling melodies and a seductive 90s male vocal (which turns to coy, softly spoken rap) all coalescing into the creamiest of creamy slo-jams which its impossible not to love, frankly.

"Far From Home" is a gaunt house jam with eerie synth work, purposeful male vocal and subtle but effective pop-house baseline.

"Street Walker" is a steady Roland beat stripped to its core with a magnetic vocal performance to fill the void and pull you in while a horn-like bassline burping out over and over as hi-hats and claps grow ever louder in the background.

15/12/2011

At the tender age of 21 years old, David August is one producer already displaying all the makings of an international superstar. Well under the wing of Diynamic boss Solomun, David August gets set to unleash his long-awaited third EP on the label, the irresistible "You Got To Love Me" EP.
Title track "You Got To Love Me" takes hold with a driving, vocal line that will circulate your mind for days, an oscillating bassline, lazy congas and subtle disco claps keeping yougrooving all the way to the sprawling, accapella breakdown. "You Got To Love Me" is a guaranteed dancefloor bomb to spawn more August addicts.

14/12/2011

Toronto's hottest gay-straight alliance, Azari & III have just premiered the video for their track "Reckless (With Your Love)"
The video is directed by George Vail and Alphonse Alixander and shot in the suburbs of Toronto the video's art deco styling and Rhythm Nation dance sequences blend seamlessly with the song harking back to the later days of The Warehouse and Paradise Garage.

You've probably already heard Azari & III - "Reckless (With Your Love)" for a long time ago. It's set to be re-released as a single in January 2012 with remixes by Julio Bashmore, Riva Starr and Tiga

Say Again takes the jacking modular vibe of Moullinex's recent b-side and adds a layering of warm analog Roland Juno synths and 12bit sampled drums to morph the trio's first official remix into lush deep house affair. Available soon on Gomma Records.

12/12/2011

Joining forces with the mighty Crosstown Rebels once again, Nico Purman exhibits his diverse talents and musical roots with the ‘Fade Away EP’, effortlessly straddling the disco-techno hybrid ground with a purple nod towards Prince.
Argentinean producer Nico Purman dazzled the Crosstown catalogue back in 2007 with his ‘Lunatique EP’, showcasing his techier style with the title track being licensed to the Get Lost 2 compilation mixed by Jamie Jones. Approaching a whole new sound, his ‘Fade Away EP’ is an uplifting journey, capturing the essence of funk with a futuristic edge whilst echoing Nico’s early musical influences and drumming credentials.
Title track "Fade Away", which became a highly requested single after appearing on Get Lost 4 mixed by Damian Lazarus, is a solid injection of disco riding a wave of electro synths along a tight groove and Prince-esque vocals. A powerful and punchy bass line secures "Fade Away" as a glitterball dancefloor delight.

Norwegian disco producer and DJ Todd Terje will launch his Oslen Records imprint with an EP of his own material entitled It’s The Arps.
Olsen Records is a collaboration between Terje and Smalltown Supersound mainly as an outlet for his own work. His debut EP on Olsen is It’s The Arps, a badly-punned tribute to the Monty Python’s It’s The Arts. It’s an experimental EP entirely based on the multi-faceted abilities of the ARP2600, one of the finest analogue synthesisers ever built.
Its The Arps EP will be out on January 9th, 2012.

10/12/2011

Infinity Inc is the new project from italo-disco producer Luca C and male popstar Ali Love (you might recognize him from Justice’s Civilization). Their track “Games” has been getting some serious spins from DJs like Art Department, Lazaro Casanova, Lee Foss, and Maceo Plex and of course is't out on Hot Creations

Tiefschwarz. Their sharp ears have hunted down vocals from Nigeran singer, Mama, who has along with the brothers, cooked up the sexy House number ‘Corporate Butcher’, exclusively for the boys’ Watergate 09 mix CD. Mama’s lyrics clearly address the financial sysem that is plaguing the whole world by known, by shedding light on who exactly has created the problem. Her lyrics express the frustration, but contort them into fuel for the weekend events that helo us to forget our troubles. The Schwarz brothers, alongside Santé, have layered sleek House beats over a club-rumbling bass that mesh effortlessly with Mama’s sultry voice and politically charged vocals. Dynamics founder Solomun puts this track in porno territory that is sure to get the handbags and the hard bodies bee-lining to the dance floor.

08/12/2011

Daniel Bortz has been DJing for 20 years, but he may just be the sleeper success of 2011. Despite playing little outside of his native Germany, Bortz has cultivated a following through an adroit run of sample-heavy house tracks.
Daniel Bortz is no. 70 on Resident Advisor's Top DJs of 2011 list.

07/12/2011

"B-Side" is a mid-tempo, lazy groove which gently opens out with warm delayed vocals and creeping drums - hypnotic and subtle, it’s one hell of an intro but the drop into the fat, sumptuous bass hook is pure joy. Steadily joined by soaring, high-end keyboard licks that balance the track beautifully.

The newly found label Ellum Audio, which is run by house head Maceo Plex, is almost ready with its second release. Bazar - "Hard To Find" originally came out in 2004 and is by none other than DJ Gregory. But is now brought up to date, with two absolutely first class remixes from two men of the moment, Danny Daze and Maceo Plex.
It is out on Ellum Audio label in December.

25/11/2011

If you are into the deep/disco house. The german DJ and producer Larse is the one to watch right now. After having a huge summer success with the tracks "The More I Want" and "For Real" Larse is back with his latest track called "So Long". It's out on Noir music label, as part of their 'Second Chances and New Romances' series.

After last year’s massive hit “Look Right Through”. Morgan Geist's project Storm Queen is finally back.
On the new single “It Goes On” Storm Queen marks a return to his roots with an analog approach towards modern house music with a disco pedigree. “It Goes On” is a killer Italo-Chicago House anthem and features the vocals of Damon C. Scott, who Geist discovered on the NYC subway.

15/11/2011

The Australian duo Canyons got their debut album called "Keep Your Dreams" out now at Modular. The first single "See Blind Through" contains a pretty deep cracking Detroit techno bassline and featuring guest vocal by Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez.

14/11/2011

Latest release from Lovebirds "Keep Coming" is a brilliant mood setter with it’s 118bpm tempo, filtering stabs and bouncing bassline. Watch out for the breakdown it will have a great effect on the dancefloor.

12/11/2011

"Layer Cake" is the second track on Fritz Kalkbrenner's brand new release "Wes EP" which also contains the title track "Wes".
"Layer Cake" has a blue sunny winter feeling and some enchanting playful keys.
Actually were they never meant to be released and were only being used by Fritz Kalkbrenner for his liveshows.

Jadoo is an italo-nu-disco dream team composed by DJ Rocca, Miki out of the mighty Heels Of Love and Rampi. “Voodoo Love” features vocals from Hard Ton, and the EP comes with remixes from Drop Out Orchestra, Marco Dassi and an instrumental version.

Solomun’s new track "Something We All Adore" from his upcoming "The whole EP" stores on a pretty awesome sample.. Believe it or not it's 2Pac..! The vocals sample is from a 2Pac interview of the legend describing and singing his track "Fame" from 1994.

The Whole EP:

01. Solomun – Something We All Adore
02. Solomun – He Is Watching You
03. Solomun – Girl Slow Down

09/11/2011

Taking the raw materials from the sound of disco in 1979 and hitting it with a large fatness stick in 2011, Andromeda Orchestra is the sound of an alternative yesterday reinvented for the future. Kicking off is the disco bomb titled "Sensitive" which is anything but, with disco producer extraordinaire Pete Herbert performing the re editing duties. Swiftly followed by the original special disco mix , Sensitive is old school disco which has been played, not programmed, with live bass, guitar, piano, solina and disco breaks, spinning a heady mix on the dance floor. "West Coast Lady" does more of the same with added bearded backing vocals from the west coasts finest. Bringing up the rear is the original mix of "He is Coming", featuring full male voice choir, cosmic lead and retro space age sound fx. Andromeda Orchestra has had the dust blown off and is ready to dance again.

The title track of the EP "Heavy heavy" comes in a brilliant remix by Tuff City Kids, also known as Gerd Janson (Running Back) and Phillip Lauer (Arto Mwambe), that channels the lush pop vibe of the original and warps things in a 80’s-era house workout complete with synth strings, guitars and a brand new groove. The oher track on the EP "Knits2 comes in a bouncey percussive house remix by Nick Chacona

Lastest release by Berlin based DJ and producer duo Discodromo featuring always amazing Hard Ton.
On the A-side we find a disco/house version and a dub version by Prins Thomas. On the B-side a great remix by Tensnake. It's out now on Prins Thomas’ label Internasjonal Norway. Buy it here junodownload